Garment-stay.



.4.0; modification thereof; Fig. l'3 isi-a cross sec-l UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroEf FREDERICK W. WINTER, `0E IfITTsEURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR To THE y SPIRELEA COMIANY, 0E MEADVILLE, PENN'sYLVe NIA, A coRroRATIoN 0E PENNSYLVANIA;

` GAEMENr-STAY.

Patented Feb. 13,1917.

Application mea-February 13, 1915. serial r o. 7,949.

To all whom t may conoemff j ,j

Be ritwknown vthat I, BREnEnroK` W. ;WIN-. TEn,`-a residentof Pittsburgh, in the county of` Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented av new and useful `Imp-rovement iniGarmentfStays, of whichzthe tol-- lowing isa specification. s

T hisinvention relates to garment stays or stiieners and particularly .those inadefof Wire bent back andforthfrom edge to edge of the stay to form aV series of alternately disposedwloops or eyes lying 'along the. op"- posite edgeso the stay andunited by;transversely extending portions. or crossings. In stays of this kind the resistance to edgewise bending ist due largely to. the Wirein the closed ends of theeyes ori loops, which is subjected to bending 'stressespwhi'le latwise bending isresistedlargely by the torsional eflectl produced in the wire of thetransverse portionsor crossings. i

'The object of the present-invention is -to provide a;stayof this class-:which is stiier andmore resilient than such'stays as heretofore. constructed, which may have a greater ability ,to resist flatwise bending in one direction thany in vthe other, and which includes@ longer",4 length of Wire; in af stay ofV given dimensionsthan prior staysg-sothat bending strains are better, distributed over@` aireater llength of wire, and-themen, the; li'af ility-t oi. -ilfstallizaton landithehprodu tiony ofia permanent set uponshortsbends are eorfrespondnglyreduced?4 iwi 3 4The invention comprises the fstay 1 after,descrbedfand'claimed.:

ther fdranflngs, Figure represents. :a

plan viewofllone `,torni of 'stay embodying thev invention;;Fig. 2is awplan'vie'w offa tion on the Alinee?) lpligs. 1 fand 2;Fig. f is anedge View of thestayshown iin-Fig.y 1 Fi 5 is a plan View of another forniofstay" ein odying theinventiomand Fig. 6 is a cross"sectionl thereof on the'line 66, Fig. 5. The stay shown in Figs. 1 and'Q-o the drawings is formredwi` aiwiief'onlwires 1 bent back and forthfifromr'edgeto edge of the stay to form a series of alternately dispose'df loops' or eyes' lying-*along opposite' edges of the stay and united by a serielsff' transversely extending portions or crossings. These crossings may lie at an angle to a line normal to the length of the stay, as

shown in Fig, 1, or all or a part of said crossings may be normal to the length of thefstay. Fig. 2 showsV a stay in which `halt1 of the crossin gs are inclined and half are normalto the length of the stay. In both Figs, 1 and 2 the crossings are arranged in two alternating groups, marked 3 and Il respectively, wltich are united to form successive loops cr eyes along each edge of the stay, adjacent loops preferably overlappingl each other slightly, as at 5, so thatthes'everal loops'inulually support each other and thereby streng then `the stay and vincrease, its

resistanceto l ending, especially in the latwise direction, while rin" edgewise .bending the overlapping 1 ops slide past each other;

j In ,the lprese nt stay 'the resistanceto bending, or. in oth erwords, the stiffness of the stay,y is'inere'a sed. vby I"bending or d'eecting certain transy arse or lcrossing 'portions out of the general plane of the stay as -a whole, in?- suoli:r a: man] 1er that Teach bents'eotion -i`s in theffofrmoffar arch, as shown in Fig. 3 or 5. This 'may be carriedA out to any suitable degree. Foriexztmplef in' Figs. l and 2, 'only one group of Llternate crossings, marked 4, iisg/bent lout o? theplane of thew stay, the

crbssingsf' oftheother group being left 1 'Ihewstiffening 'eifect'against flatwisebendfingzfis due tot ie localizationof the twisting lstress intheb( ntcrossings, to short* portionsf ofthe wire -nlsa'r the ends of the-'crossings other'wordm, when all of the crossings are Astraight and le lin the general plane of the:

stay, A'as inprior' stays 'of thvisfclass, thefulllength of 'the crossingis subjected to toriv sion; uponiat Nise bending. 'In the present; stay; however lthe intermediate portion fof thefplane ofthe stay. 4Any='twist or torsion largely--localizdfinftle wire at the opposite" ends of said crossing and has much 4-less effecty onthe 'ddle bent 'portion thereof;

B'yfrilcing the length of Wire in the bent einem@ about time tolfin'cuea'se tsiresiliency or ability to return to initial position after being subjected to iiexure.

The unsyninietrical forms ofthe stay shown inFigsfL 2' and 3, also give the'stay a greaterwability to resist atwise bending in one direction, than in thefotherf, the sta'ybe-` ingstitfer when ,bentl in that direction in which'the archedor bent crossings are on the concave side of theercnrve lthan when bent in the opposite direction. This is due to. ytheffact that vwhen the stayiis bent flatwise so thati the arched for bent'crossings-are on `the concave side of the curve ythe tendency is t0 compress each arched crossing or, in other words, to decrease its radins of curvature. fOnthe otherfhand, when rthe stay is bentzflatwise so that the arched or bent crossings are onzthe convex sidecof the curve the tendency is tostretch or openthem out. This feature is of Vparticular value in gars. nient .staysof this kind, whichv usuallya-re subjected n10-re frequently to bendingin one direction than in-the other.

The overlapping ofsadjacent loops pon each other gives the stay `a ffshingled yappearancegwhen viewed edgewise,fas.sl1^own initigg.v

4. Intheplesent stay :the .loops are tilted in ,Opposite directions l along/opposite 1 edges ofv theistay, so thatfthey stay has-the' same appearance -when viewed vedgewise *along The invention [can:obviously-i bef appliedfto stays ofivarionsltypes. vFor example, Fig. 5 shows a stay of the samegeneraltypexshow'n inl an application@ of' ElbentL.' Aflydeor garment stay, filed July Q/lgifll/J, Serial-,No 852,258,.and which lconsists of wire bent back and ffo-rth--across'the"stay alternately from edge to. edge thereof to formaseries-of loops or eyes 2b connected by' two alternate Y. sets-cof ',tnansverse portions :for crossings,

the` crossings 41 .are snuous :and finchide aa.

m-anked 3b yand 4b Vrespectively. i The "emss ings 31 are substantially straight'fandexte'nd from edge tol edge of thestay.E'in-lineswsbstantially ,normaltoethe length-thereof,` while longer v. length of Wire than nthe vcrossings -f 3b; This produces- -a longitudinally l4l extending portion 6. in each Iloop lor eye,v -said'zpoitions pointing ,in `sopposite directions along op"- f; positeiedges of the .-stayyand each overlap ping at its 8nd thelnext vadjacentloop Aor eye., lntthis iomn ofsta thescrossigs i@ are bent ontof jthe generaplanerosthe? stazy iste arched farmi as` shown in Fig-6, -Whil'e f t e ,other crossings', "marked 4312, lie in ythe tje..same asin `the prior-fomis zdescn'ibed,

'the end Vf portions of 'the alternate' "crossings '4b.

The unsymnietrical fof nl ithe stay also makes the stayn'rore 'resistant to flat- Vwise bending strains when the arched crossings 4? -are on the inside of the cnr- Ve than when onthe outside.

`What I claimwis l. A garment stay, comprising Wirembent back andvforth fronfjed'ge 'toedge 'oftheistay tofoni seriesE of' loops 'forA yes" lying-along the edge-df thestayand ytransverse portions or crossings; sonic of rsaiol transverse portonsor crossingsfbeing bent or detieteiitout of the generalplahe ofthe stay into substantially arched relation 'thereh to, and others' lying in the'ipliane yof thei stay.

iA garment Stay, comprising vvirebent b'aek4 andiforthromle'dgefto f'edge of the stay to for-'mia seriesof loopsl or eyes lying along the edges oftherstay and 'connected byftwo groups "of Aalternately disposed transverse portions or crossings, the 'crossings of one groupibeing bent or deflected-ontof: the-general plane:of the stayandlifnto'Substantially arched rela/tion .'thereto, and the crossings di thefothergroupglyin'gfinaaanotherplane.

f 3. r"A garment stay,l `comprising wi're bent back kand :forth from! edgel to fedge-ofthefst'ay to form a series of loopsieif'feyes' lying-along the edgesi of' the sstayfanl lcon'neete'db ytwo groxips .fof alternately disposed ytransverse portions or crossings-,i all ofi-thefcrossings'vo'f one groupbeing bent out of vfthe ygeneral plane of fthe 4stay fraway from the saine gJ'a'c'e thereof, =and crossings ofthe otherigrop lyingl substantially in' 'the plane o'f'thev stay.

f4?. A f garment stay, comprising wire i bent. back and fforthfromfedlge toiedgeVoEthe-Z stay .to 2in1-m7 ia i series? of 'ior'i 'eyfes 'l` g adjacent loopsf jcjey-es aiong siorfeyes along? opposite sages., ofthe sente ofrsadcrossings .being-bent' or de' iectedflout ofxthe .geerlfplane ofthe lili) 

